King Philip's War (1675-1678) was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the Treaty of Casco Bay in April 1678.
Participants[]
Clergy[]
- The Rev. Hope Atherton (1646-1677), Chaplain of King Philip's War under Capt. Lothrop's Company
Governors[]
- Maj. Gen. John Leverett (1616-1679), Governor of the Acadia/Nova Scotia Military, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Josiah Winslow (1628-1680), 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony
- John Leverett, Jr. (1606-1676), Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, Governor of the Saybrook Colony
Officers[]
- Lt. Henry Adams, Jr. (1610-1676), he was killed at the door of his house during the Indian attack on Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Lt. James Richardson (-), Commander of the forces of Fort of Patwtucket Falls
- Lt. Samuel Howe (1642-1713) - Officer in Militia from Sudbury
- Capt. John Allis (-)
- Capt. Samuel Brocklebank (1628-1676), Captain of the militia of Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, fought in the Battle of Green Hill on 18 Apr 1676
- Capt. Benjamin Church (c1639-1718), principle military aide to Gov. Josiah Winslow (1628-1680), church was later Colonel
- Capt. George Denison (-)
- Capt. Nathaniel Davenport (-)
- Capt. Jabez Fairbanks (1670-1758)
- Capt. Joseph Gardiner (-)
- Capt. Walter Gendall (-1688), immigrant from England, POW
- Capt. William Hathorne (1606-1681), immigrant from England
- Capt. Thomas Henchman (1629-1703)
- Capt. James Oliver (-)
- Capt. Michael Pierce (-)
- Capt. Nicholas Olmstead (1612-1684)
- Capt. John Putnam (1580-1662)
- Capt. Joseph Syll (1636-1696)
- Capt. Peleg Sanford (1639-1701) - found hiding place of Indian Warrior King Philip
- Capt. William Tucker (-)
- Capt. John Ware (1646-1718)
- Col. John Pynchon (c1625-1703), assumed the command of the Valley's militia and rose to the rank of Colonel in the Hampshire Regiment
- Gen. David Phippen (1646-1703), he was killed by Indians while bringing a flag of truce in side Fort Falmouth
- Maj. Edward Hutchinson (1613-1675) - Died in Battle
- Maj. Thomas Savage (1607-1682)
- Maj. Gen. John Leverett (1616-1679), 21st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Major General of the Massachusetts forces
Soldiers[]
Immigrant From England[]
- Capt. William Billings (1629-1713), born in Taunton, Somerset, England and died in New London County, Connecticut
- James Cole (1600-1692)
- Corp. Edward Colburn (1618-1701),
- Jonathan Fairbanks, Jr. (1623-1712)
- Corp. John Putnam (1627-1710), served in the Swamp Fight, settled in Salem Village
- Col. John Pynchon (c1625-1703), assumed the command of the Valley's militia and rose to the rank of Colonel in the Hampshire Regiment
- Richard Sawtell (1611-1694)
Immigrants from Ireland[]
- Edmund Fanning (c1620-), former Mayor of Limerick in 1644, landed in Massachusetts in 1653 with his wife
From Bristol, Rhode Island (Massachusetts)[]
The town of Bristol, Rhode Island was originally part of Bristol County, Massachusetts until it was transferred to Bristol County, Rhode Island in 1747.
From Cambridge, Massachusetts[]
- Corp. Jonathan Remington
- Gershop Cutter
- Isaack Emsden
- John Emsden
- William Glessonsic
- James Hubbart
- Nathaniel Patten
- Jonathan Lawrence
- Samuel Read
- John Salter
- Samuel Swan
- Edward Winship, Jr.
- Daniel Woodward
- John Wythe
From Concord, Massachusetts[]
- Joseph Busse
- Thomas Browne
- Stephen Farre
- Geore Hayward
- Samuel How
- Timothy Rice
- Abraham Temple
- John Wheeler
- Joseph Wheeler
- John Wood
From Dedham, Massachusetts[]
- Capt. John Ware (1646-1718)
From Duxbury, Massachusetts[]
A number of citizens of Plymouth Colony (from Duxbury, Plymouth, Marshfield, etc) were part of a militia led by Michael Pierce (c1617-1676) that suffered a great loss of life at Rehoboth Fight of 1676, the single biggest defeat of English colonial forces in the 17th Century. See article for list of participants.
From Lancaster, Massachusetts[]
- Capt. Jabez Fairbanks (1670-1758)
From Mauldon Town, Massachusetts[]
From Medford, Massachusetts[]
- James Stokes
- Jeremiah Toy
From Middlesex, Massachusetts[]
- Corp. Edward Colburn (1618-1701), immigrant from England
- Edward Colburn, Jr. (1642-1675), killed by Indians in King Philips War
From Newtown, Massachusetts[]
- Jonathan Bush
- Peter Henchet
- Samuell Hides, Jr.
- Joshua Woods
From Reading, Massachusetts[]
- David Bachelder
- James Carr
- Samuel Daman
- Samuel Lamson
- Nicholas Lunn
- Thomas Nichols
- William Robards
- Seabred Taylor
From Rehoboth, Massachusetts[]
- Lt. Preserved Abell (1644-1724), Lieutenant under Maj. William Bradford (1624-1704)
From Roxbury, Massachusetts[]
Captain Johnson's "Celebrated Roxbury company of soldiers" who marched from Boston for Mount Hope, an Indian stronghold. They rendered 'very efficient service' in December of 1675 when Captain Johnson was killed.
From Salem, Massachusetts[]
- Sgt. William Bassett
- Sgt. Samuel Bradwell
- Sgt. Jeremiah Neall
- Corp. Samuell Pickworth
- John Boden
- Thomas Buffingtog
- Edward Counter
- Joseph Dees - wounded
- Thomas Flint
- Samuel Frail
- Adam Gold
- Samuel Gray
- Thomas Greene
- William Hind
- William Holess
- Joseph Holton, Jr.
- Frances Jefford
- Charles Knight
- Benjamin Lemon
- Larance Mergery
- Benjamin Pickering (c1665-c1716)
- John Polott
- Joseph Price
- Isack Read
- Thomas Reny
- Henry Rich
- Clem. Rumeall
- Mark Stace
- John Stacy
- Abraham Switchell
- Samuel Tarbox
From Sudbury, Massachusetts[]
- Samuell Bush
- Mathew Gibbs, Jr.
- Dennis Hedly
- Daniel Herrington
- Peter Hopes, Jr.
- Thomas Rutter
- William Wade
From Watertown, Massachusetts[]
- John Bacon
- John Barnard
- Nath Barsham
- John Bigulah, Sr (1616-1703)
- Jacob Bullard
- John Bright
- John Chadwick
- James Cutting
- George Dill
- Ben Douse
- Michaell Flegg
- Ephriam Gearffild
- William Hagar, Jr.
- George Herrington
- John Hastings
- Nathaniel Hely
- Isaack Learned
- John Parkhurst
- Wiilyam Price, Jr.
- Nathaniel Sanger
- Enoch Sawtell
- Jonathan Smith
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Tayntor, Jr.
- Joseph Waight
- Daniel Warren, Sr (1628-1716)
- Daniel Warren, Jr (1653-1713)
- Moses Whitney
- John Witney, Sr
- John Windham
From Taunton, Massachusetts[]
- Edward Babbitt (1626-1675) - 1634 English Migrant to Plymouth Colony, early settler of Taunton, Massachusetts and casualty of King Philip's War.
From Hartford, Connecticut[]
- Capt Nicholas Olmstead (1612-1684), he was Captain of the Dragoons raised in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT for active service in King Philip's War, 1675, particularly to the assistance of Stonington and New London, Connecticut because of an Indian menace there.
From Unknown[]
- Sgt. Nathaniel Rand (c1636-1696), he was a sergeant in Capt. John Cutter's (-) company
Indian Leaders[]
- Metacomet "King Phlip," Chief of the Pokanokets
- Weetamoo, Chief of the Pocasset
- Canonchet, Chief of the Narragansetts
- Awashonks, Chief of the Sakonnets
- Muttawamp, Chief of the Nipmucks
- Madockwando, Chief of the Penobscots
- Mogg Hegon, Chief of the Androscoggins
- Unacas, Chief of Mohegans
- Oneca, Cheif of the Mohegans
- Robin Cassacinamon (c1620s-1692), Governor and Sachem of the Pequot
- Cashawashett, Governor of the Eastern Pequots
References[]
King Philip's War, sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78. The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, known to the English as "King Philip". Major Benjamin Church emerged as the Puritan hero of the war; it was his company of Puritan rangers and Native American allies that finally hunted down and killed King Philip on August 12, 1676. The war continued in northern New England (primarily in Maine at the New England and Acadia border) until a treaty was signed at Casco Bay in April 1678.
The war was the single greatest calamity to occur in seventeenth-century Puritan New England and is considered by many to be the deadliest war in American history. In the space of little more than a year, twelve of the region's towns were destroyed and many more damaged, the colony's economy was all but ruined, and its population was decimated, losing one-tenth of all men available for military service. More than half of New England's towns were attacked by Native American warriors.
Books[]
- The New England and Historical Register, Vol. 42 - (Soldiers in King Philip's War)
- Ware Genealogy: Robert Ware of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1625-1699, and his Lineal Descendants, p 25, by Emma Forbes Ware
- A Genealogy of the Rand family in the United States, by Florence Osgood Rand, 1898, p 13
Internet[]
- Capt. Joseph Gardiner's Men
- The Rev. Hope Atherton
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Descendants of William Arnold of Hingham, Mass. & Providence, Rhode Island; also Descendants of Jo, film No. 105 of 132